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FULL spotify integration (and other 3rd parties)

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May 17, 2013
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Now while its great to see that Spotify radio is going to make it into the Controller app, having used Spotify for a few weeks now on my Sonos system i think Sonos need to go a step further. In effect i think that the spotify app, for ipad for instance needs full integration into the Sonos system (as it does for Napseter etc) What ive found annoying to date is that if im playing a tune on my Sonos system that i like, i then have to go to the Spotify app, search, and find that tune, then click on the star button for example so that its added to my Sonos Controller. That kind of functionality should be included by default.

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Michael_27

Lyricist I

I have selected albums and songs in the Spotify "Your Music" facility in the iPhone and desktop app. Unfortunately I cannot access these lists in the Sonos Spotify app! It is a nuisance to have to find work-arounds for such a sophisticated (and expensive) system as Sonos so please do something about it! Thanks

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dennis fiore

Lyricist I

I’m wondering if Sonos has any plans to improve the spotify interface through the sonos app? I currently subscribe to spotify through sonos and don’t like the interface as it’s clunky and hard to navigate through. It would be ideal if the sonos interface and the spotify, web or app interfaces were identical. Or could it be possible to access sonos speakers through the spotify app?? Anyway, just a thought.

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dracme

Lyricist I

Agree with all the questions. The only thing preventing my sonos from getting more playtime is a seamless integration to spotify. I see the new version of spotify lets you play music in other devices. When will this be the case for the Sonos.

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Sebastian_11

Lyricist I

I'm an iOS developer and Sonos customer, and with iOS 8 and the new action extension, it should be more possible than ever to let 3rd party apps, Spotify, Rdio or whatever, start playing music on your Sonos system. This is what I propose (and it should be pretty easy, but please correct me if I am wrong):

1. Sonos adds an app extension to their app, allowing third party apps to bring up a Sonos sheet from their apps to start playing the song on Sonos, pick speakers etc. This could be a simple overlay view on the Spotify app, just like AirPlay. Sonos also adds a URL scheme for Spotify to check if the Sonos app is installed on the device.
2. Spotify, Rdio, or any other music apps are updated to show a button "Play with Sonos" IF the Sonos app is installed on the device (possible to detect using the canOpenURL: call).
3. If installed, pressing the "Play with Sonos" app will bring up the Sonos sheet on top of the Spotify UI, allowing the user to start playing the song/album. Once pressed, the sheet goes away.

This would finally remove the advantage AirPlay has over Sonos, namely to be able to control music from the 1st party apps from the music service providers.

Hopefully this illustrated my point. Please let me know if I am missing something here, and I am not an expert on action extensions, but it seems to me that with iOS 8 this all very much possible.

Let me know if I can help in any way.

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btltez

Trending Lyricist I

you are correct sebastian. so many spotify requests all over these forums and not a word from sonos. really bad.

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John_119

Contributor I

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Spotify genre on Sonos. I recently purchased a Spotify subscription and 1 Sonos Play 1 to trial the system and extremely disappointed to find that the app is not fully functional in that I cannot select Spotify Genre and use Sonos to play it. This feature is especially useful rather than having to know and select each artist. At this stage I will not be purchasing more Sonos equipment and am considering returning the Play 1 and utilising another system for Spotify

nicka99

Local Superstar

go for a Denon Heos which support Spotify Connect - only by hitting them where it hurts (in the wallet) will there be any chance of them solving this.

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charlesm

Lyricist I

I would like to see Sonos support playing all 3rd party apps through their systems. In my car I connect up to the sound system via bluetooth and anything that I play over my iPhone or iPad is available. It seems that an app could be created for phones / tablets that hooks into the sound output and sends it on to the Sonos system. This would not be full integration within the Sonos app but it would allow users to listen to anything that is available on their devices through their Sonos systems.

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Otto_2

Lyricist I

Agree, better integration is wanted.

The issue is that I do not use play lists at all. I have dozens of artist and a lot more albums saved on my Spotify account. Using the SONOS controller I do not have the option to brows Artists and or Albums.
I need the option to select music based on Artist and Albums. I'd like to see the list of artists and albums I have saved already in the Spotify app. Play all saved tracks, albums from a certain Artist just like in the Spotify phone or tablet App.

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Michael Brickl

Lyricist I

This is a very serious issue that needs to be addressed soon, particularly considering the wealth of other options that are now available. I'm sure Sonos knows this. We can only hope they do something about it.

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